Sounds like a guy that I can respect. To all those jumping on purple he does have some very good points. First, we should as Delta pilots be very thankful that the APA did hold strong and force the management into a merger with Airways. The merger immediately increases staff costs (pilot costs) as those at Airways get a immediate big bump in pay. Instead of a A A & Airways with drastically lower wage then ours they will be much closer and exceed ours in 2016. Without the merger both A A and Airways would have been a continued drag on current book which would have affected our own negotiations.

The second undisputed aspect of APA campaign was the ability to prevent the company from dumping the current pension for their pilots. Even a outsider can see this as a major win. Of course future pilots will receive a 16% 4 contribution which helps our cause. Even Richard has mentioned that this merger will help the whole industry. A strong industry means hopefully a strong contract/contracts I. The future. Hopefully this new guy is everything people claim he is!